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Interesting little piece there. I was gonna say it looked a bit like an Aladdin's lamp! Also, a bit like a miniature mandolin/lute or half a yellow squash slipped over an incense burner!?

Yay for Blasa wood! You did a great job on the lamp. What did you use as filler for the blasa? And is it something you can stain over or does it have to be painted? I'm waffling on what to use on my box. I have some rock hard I was going to try on the inside I've seen recommended on some model plane sites, along with spacklin and other stuffs......I also have some Cabot sanding sealer, but I'm unsure what to use since I want to stain (Minwax Wood Finish) the box and not paint it and don't want to use something that will make the stain all splochy.

For the filler, I used wood filler paste. Usually, it's used to fill in / blend small cracks and so forth on furniture. You can get it in various colours. Your local ironmonger should have it. I like to use that because it hardens like real wood, and you can sand, stain or paint it.

For the filler, I used wood filler paste. Usually, it's used to fill in / blend small cracks and so forth on furniture. You can get it in various colours. Your local ironmonger should have it. I like to use that because it hardens like real wood, and you can sand, stain or paint it.

Thanks for the info. I don't want to use something that's gonna require yet another decision--color.... .......I know I just need to do some experiments to see what will work for what I want, but I just can't seem to get my head out of the fog and get anything going since the holidays, been in a real slump!

And thanks for posting your build, it has been inspirational and at least got me thinking about things again!!

oh, Tiki torches! Awesome! I'm working on my own build of this right now (a mod of one of those brass Aladdin lamps, which I think is how the original was produced), but figuring out how to make the flame work was the missing link. I was looking at alcohol burners, but those require a cap to be kept on them or the fuel volatilizes away really quickly. Thanks so much for the inspiration to try this. I hope mine comes out as nicely as yours.

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PS: Your kal-toh board write-up is amazing too, btw. I might take that project up someday also and try to make one in the "complete" state (though the 3D geometry will probably prove a challenge for me). I love Vulcan cultural artifacts; we see too few of them in Trek, alas.

Don't bother trying to find a system that will keep the fuel wet IMO, too complicated. Whenever I want to light it up I just put some drops of oil on the wick, as the citronella oil bottles have a very slim pipette-like nozzle anyway. No danger of the oil spilling all over the place while pouring.

About the Kal-Toh game, I still have the 'rods' to make a complete state one too, I just haven't gotten round to it.

@Alan Castillo: Did you notice that apparently either two props or two paint jobs were used between episodes? Your version of the graphics is based on image #2 of your post, and has some extra dots that the other versions don't. Do you remember which episode this is from? I am currently working on a vector version in Illustrator (which I'll share when done) and want to try to decide which is the "canonical" version.

@Alan Castillo: Did you notice that apparently either two props or two paint jobs were used between episodes? Your version of the graphics is based on image #2 of your post, and has some extra dots that the other versions don't. Do you remember which episode this is from? I am currently working on a vector version in Illustrator (which I'll share when done) and want to try to decide which is the "canonical" version.